So there were two things that surprised us immediately upon arrival in Estonia. First, we disembarked the ferry in a rainstorm putting all of our new rain gear to the test. I quickly discovered my love for my obnoxiously bright yellow rain jacket. As I explained to Burke, when I get scared that the cars read more
When we left off, a Finnish man had just invited us to stay in his home for the night. Guess what, we agreed. We knew there were some risks involved, but we told ourselves that we could always leave if we weren’t comfortable; ultimately, it was the promise of my first real shower in almost read more
At 7 am our ferry docked in Turku, Finland, and we were the first ones to roll off of the boat. We had a small map of the city that helped us find a grocery store and then the main cathedral, but we had the hardest time figuring out where to go from there. Our next read more
So, we’re back! We successfully cycled through six countries over the last 26 days with few difficulties, no accidents and big smiles. I’m beginning this series of posts with the start of our trip: Sweden. We arrived in Nyköping, with our completely disassembled bicycles and seven of our eight bags. As we (Burke) reassembled our read more
Well, we’re leaving for our summer holiday tomorrow morning. I guess I am long overdue for updating you on our lives. School finally finished on June 31st. The last week the kids went swimming in the mornings and had really relaxing afternoons. It made for some very slow days for us. Then we spent the read more
This post may look long, but its not, and there’s a surprise in it if you read all the way to the end:) It may be spring in your part of the world but we are actually still waiting on it here. Maybe it’s that pesky volcano, but we have experienced a month long span read more